REBELLION LONDON will take place on Sat 13th Dec at Londons Forum, the Damned will headline with Penetration, the Yobs, 999, Radio Stars, The Shapes and Goldblade. More info at www.rebellionfestivals.com

Former Dexys Midnight Runners members and former Style Council keyboardist,Mick Talbot, have reunited the legendary British funk Northern soul band THE BUREAU. The band will release the new album ‘And Another Thing’ on Monday 6th October (available to buy from www.bureau.org.uk). ‘And Another Thing’ is the first new studio album release that follows the 2005 reissue of the Bureau’s 1981 self-titled debut album.

The Bureau will support the release with a series of rare concerts at Birmingham’s Sound Bar on 3rd October, Newcastle’s The Cluny on 8th October and London’s Jazz Café on 9th October.

EMI are releasing KILLING JOKE’s ‘The Peel Sessions ’79-’81’ on 8th September. This is the first time the tracks will be available on CD (and digital download), showing a raw sound and in some cases predating their studio recordings by some months. There are also 3 bonus tracks from a Richard Skinner session from the same period.

Liner notes come courtesy of Alex Paterson, who was the band’s roadie before founding The Orb. The following extract paints a vivid picture of what to expect from the album:

“Killing Joke went up to Maida Vale to the BBC studios for the first of many sessions… We weren’t used to this, but we had to record four songs & mix them all in a day, Jaz smashed his hand hitting a glass BBC jar with a drum stick and had to go to hospital. I did the woos on Malicious Boogie and hit the cow bell too! Geordie has a fractured guitar noise, Godlike in his walls of sound, Big Paul is all power, raw, brutal & pristine, Youth, best mate, funking all the time & coming up with the best fuzzed opus bass lines & Jaz Coleman, classical madman & Requiem to our gods, the OBX was his sound, melodic & searching, echoing into your soul.”

Full liner notes are available on request.

The album features the original Killing Joke line-up, and this release marks the start of a world tour of that line-up, including now top producer Youth, playing tracks only from this era during two night residencies at each venue. The band hit these shores on 03 & 04 October @ The Forum, London.

By popular demand THE STRANGLERS have announced an extra date at Shepherd’s Bush Empire as part of their upcoming Greatest Hits Tour. The band will now play the venue on the 14th and 15th November to close their 24-date tour.

Prior to the Greatest Hits Tour, which commences in October, SonyBMG will release a superb TV advertised collection of the band’s works, in celebration of no less than 42 Top 40 hits, spanning over 4 decades, and aptly named 4240. The album, out 15th September, will be released as a single CD as well as a Limited Edition CD/DVD, featuring all of the Epic promo videos on DVD for the first time plus clips from their 2007 show at London’s Roundhouse.

Stoke Newingtons bourbon soaked punk, folk, rock n roll gyysies have finally completed their debut album for release later in the year. Featuring 15 original tracks, the Voodoo Machine host their month club night at Stoke Newingtons Bardens Boudoir on August 16th.www.myspace.com/theurbanvoodoomachine

Manchester post punk pioneers Magazine have reformed and are scheduled to paly at Londons Forum on Feb 13th. No news on who is in this lineup as original guitarist John McGeoch passed away a few years ago. But stay tuned for more news from Vive Le Punk!

There are still day tickets available for REBELLION FESTIVAL 2008 in Blackpool from 7th-10th August. Tickets will be available on the door, with day tickets just £30. Don’t miss the punk weekend of the year! For full band listings and more booking info, head over to www.rebellionfestivals.com